Modeled career paths · Incident response

Where does a Director of Security Operations go next?

What employers are asking a Director of Security Operations for, what they pay, and where people go next. From live postings and Startline’s modeled career map: what the ads say, never estimated.

Higher-growth opportunity
Director of Data Science+53% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Principal Data Scientist. 23% joint modeled share
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor
Director of Identity+37% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via IAM Architect. 23% joint modeled share
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor
Chief Information Officer+60% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Director of IT. 15% joint modeled share
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor
Adjacent career
Principal Data Scientist+7% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
27% of modeled moves out of Director of Security Operations go here
lateral84% of modeled exits move upward from there
IAM Architect-4% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
27% of modeled moves out of Director of Security Operations go here
lateral84% of modeled exits move upward from there
Director of IT-27% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
23% of modeled moves out of Director of Security Operations go here
lateral64% of modeled exits move upward from there

What this page cannot know is which of these fit you. That is what the free list is for.